Changing Registry Does Not Prevent User from Changing Delay

ID: Q123678

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

If an administrator changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP in the Registry so that a user cannot change their desktop settings, the user can still change their screen saver delay in Control Panel.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):


   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt read privileges

Keywords : ntsecurity
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :